The Rumpus Interview with Van Jones
Van Jones is an award-winning activist, bestselling author, orator, and political advisor. I helped him birth his first book, The Green Collar Economy (Harper One, 2008).
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Faint Praise for “Praise Song”
As a poet, I appreciate the gesture made toward the arts when the President-elect asks a poet to present a work at his or her inauguration.
Farewell, Dickhead
Now that President Bush has made his final grope for the exit, The Rumpus asks a few artists, curators and friends to tell us which work of art best personifies…
The Rumpus Long Interview with Steven Soderbergh
In this Rumpus original, Steven Soderbergh talks to Stephen Elliott and Scott Hutchins about his shaken faith in the power of film, what he has in common with Fidel Castro,…
A (Not- comprehensive) List of Books That Changed The World
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield Banana: The fate of the fruit that changed the world by Dan Koeppel How William Shatner…
The Rumpus Interview with Zak Smith
Nobody ever asks me, “Why make paintings?” Is wanting to spend your time around attractive women who like to have sex much more difficult a desire for journalists to understand…
The Shorty Q&A With Robin Maxwell
Female pirates, Leonardo DaVinci’s mother and cross-dressing, the sex lives of kings. Robin Maxwell writes about the parts of history that don’t air on PBS specials.
The Rumpus Interview with Yiyun Li
I first interviewed Yiyun Li in 2005 when she won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, among many other awards, for her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.…
Digging for Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB by Jaime Lowe
“A nigga don’t come out of jail and get his toes done,” ODB is quoted in a new biography, as he pointed out the earth-tones and the feng-shui waterfall in a manicure parlor. “How are the kids gonna feel about this?”
The Shorty Q&A With The Twisted Monk
The Twisted Monk is the information-packed online rope store catering to both the elite shibari master and the bumbling couple tying each other up for the first time. With instructional…
The Shorty Q&A With Chandra Moskowitz
Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the New York bred, do-it-yourself author of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, and Veganomicon. She translated her discontent with the lack of vegan cooking shows…